"Standing Again at Sinai" with Dr. Judith Plaskow
Join the Am Kolel community for a Shavuot/Shabbat Retreat with Dr. Judith Plaskow, renowned feminist theologian
Come Celebrate Shavuot,
Z'man Matan Torateinu, the time of the giving of our Torah!
Including joyful prayer, meditation, music, hiking, campfires, yoga and more!
Topics Include:
"Seeing Through Feminist Lenses"
"Standing at Sinai with the new Women's Torah Commentary"
"Sexuality and Covenant"
"Texts We Love to Hate"
"Next Steps: Beyond Gender?"
Come for Shavuot, Shabbat or both!
Resident: $360 (2 nights) includes program, lodging Thursday & Friday,
dinner Thursday-dinner Saturday
$265 (1 night) includes program, lodging Friday,
dinner Friday-dinner Saturday
$ 45 Extra night lodging Saturday night & breakfast Sunday morning
Commuter: $225 includes program, dinner Thursday, lunch & dinner Friday,
lunch & dinner Saturday
$180 includes program, dinner Friday, lunch & dinner Saturday
Discounts: Am Kolel Members-Full (20%), Associate (10%), OR
Couples from the same household 10%
For more information, or to register contact: gilah@am-kolel.org or 301.349.2799.
Dr. Judith Plaskow is Professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan College, and the author of Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective - a ground breaking work that brought twenty years of feminist theological reflection to bear on the transformation of Judaism. Judith was a long time leader of the Women and Religion Group of the American Academy of Religion and editor of several prestigious journals of feminist theology. Her book, The Coming of Lilith: Essays on Feminism, Judaism and Sexual Ethics was published in 2005.
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